In a previous article, said:
Paul,

Another factor:


That factor we had already covered with the "decently programmed"
requirement.

There was a guy on one newsgroup I read who consistently broke threading.
The X-Newsreader header indicated he used a newsreader that was capable of
preserving the References header, but when questioned it turns out he was
manually deleting that header (and a few others) because he didn't know
what it was for.


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
"In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be
indented six feet downward and covered with dirt."
-- Blair P. Houghton